laborious

英 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

美 [ləˈbɔːriəs]

adj.  耗时费力的; 辛苦的

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Collins.1 / BNC.14158 / COCA.18512

牛津词典

adj.

• 耗时费力的；辛苦的
  taking a lot of time and effort
  1. a laborious task/process
     艰巨的任务；艰难的过程
  2. Checking all the information will be slow and laborious.
     查看所有的信息既费时又费力。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 耗时费力的；辛苦的；艰难的
  If you describe a task or job aslaborious, you mean that it takes a lot of time and effort.
  1. Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.
     一年到头把花园拾掇得干净整洁也不是件轻松活儿。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  1. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  2. a grueling campaign
  3. hard labor
  4. heavy work
  5. heavy going
  6. spent many laborious hours on the project
  7. set a punishing pace
  Synonym:arduousbackbreakinggruelinggruellinghardheavyoperosepunishingtoilsome

双语例句

• But I also knew the laborious final result is happy!
  可是我也知道辛苦最后的结果是幸福！
• The distance seemed interminable, and the walk was most laborious.
  距离好像无穷无尽似的，走起来真够吃力。
• The job of preparing data in this form is laborious, and cost a great deal of money.
  以这种方式准备数据的工作是很费力的，并且要花许多钱。
• Life is not merely enjoyment but also laborious work.
  生活不是享受，而是很辛苦的工作。
• In the processes of mapping, placement is a very time-consuming and laborious work.
  然在制图过程中，注记配置所需的时间及经费甚钜，是一项耗时费力的工作。
• Manpower to complete these tasks are to be time-consuming, laborious and prone to errors and omissions.
  这些工作都以人力来完成将费时费力，而且容易出现错误和疏漏。
• Eg. on the contrary, I took up another resolution, which was more safe, though more laborious.
  相反地，我作了另外一个决定，虽然比较费劲，却比较安全。
• The laborious means you use now will be superseded by various new technologies, including implants.
  这就意味着你们当前辛苦的学习方法将被各种新的科技所取代，包括知识直接的置入。
• Similar material proportion confirmed by traditional test method is time-consuming and laborious.
  由传统试验方法确定相似材料配比费时、费力。
• His anxious and laborious efforts were likely, at last, to be crowned with the happiest success.
  他那番急切而辛苦的努力大概终于就要获得最愉快的成功了。